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    4G LTE mPCIe Cards for Mac OS

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by squawkBirds, Jun 17, 2012.

  1. squawkBirds

    squawkBirds Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've heard of people using WWAN cards in Macs, but has anyone here done this before? I think that it is an interesting idea to replace the Wi-Fi card with an LTE card, because LTE is nearly as fast and is available in far more areas. The problem is that mPCIe WWAN cards are finicky enough in Windows machines, but what about in Macs?
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    WiFi modules in modern MacBook Pros are soldered onto the logic board. You can use USB or ExpressCard (if you have a 17-inch model).
     
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    maratus Notebook Consultant

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    Apparently they're still separate cards, see step 11
    MacBook Pro with Retina Display Teardown - iFixit
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Interesting. Then it's theoretically possible to replace the unit, but you'd need to find something that would fit the exact same space. Not to mention there's the possibility that Apple whitelists hardware, so there's a chance that if you found something that physically fit in the computer, it wouldn't work anyway.
     
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